326 Mr. C. W. Wyatt on the 



51. Tanagra melanoptera. 



Common on the savanna at Bucaramanga. We also shot it 

 at Aguachica and Ocafia. 



52. Tanagra auricrissa. 



This pretty blue-headed Tanager does not seem to live at a 

 lower elevation than 5000 feet, or above 8000 feet. In the 

 forest at Alto it was very common ; and we constantly met with 

 it in the forest between Ocaiia and Bucaramanga. Iris choco- 

 late-colour. 



53. Ramphoccblus dimidiatus. 



The beautiful scarlet plumage of this bird is sure to attract 

 every one^s attention. The inhabitants of the country call it 

 the " Cardinal." It frequents the sides of streams where there 

 is vegetation, gardens, &c. Once or twice we saw it in the 

 forest, always, however, near a habitation of some sort. It 

 seems to be universally distributed up to an altitude of about 

 7000 feet. The scarlet plumage seems to depend upon the age 

 and sex of the bird, the young male wearing the same sober 

 dress as the female. We found one nest in a low bush near 

 Paturia, March 20th. The eggs were of a pea-green colour, 

 blotched with brown ; and the nest was composed of dried 

 leaves and grass, lined with a dark fibrous root. 



54. Pyranga estiva. 



We shot this bird in various stages of plumage, in the yel- 

 lowish-brown dress of the young male and female, in the deep 

 rosy colour of that of the adult male, and in many interme- 

 diate stages, in which the rose-colour grows over the brown. 

 Herradura, Cocuta valley, Canta. 



55. Pyranga ardens. 



We shot a bird of this species in the forest near Canuto. 



56. Phcenicothraupis gutturalis*. 



We fell in with a pair of this rare bird, of which we obtained 



* [Phoenicothbaupis gutturalis, Scl. Ann.Nat.H. xiii. p. 25 (1854). 



This Tanager was described by Sclater from a single specimen in the 

 British Museum, which was believed to be a Bogota skin ; and he has 

 never since met with an individual of it. It is a t;^-pical species of the genus, 

 easily recognizable by its generally dark ashy plumage. — P. L. S. & O. S.] 



